contentment
[kuh n-tent-muh nt]
- the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
- Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.
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Origin of contentment
Synonyms
See more synonyms for contentment on Thesaurus.com1. See happiness.
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Examples from the Web for contentment
Contemporary Examples
I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.
Whatever peace and contentment Adams has found seldom finds its way into his music.
Sudden peace, buoyancy, contentment, or alternatively sorrow or physical pain.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of DeathPatricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
And not that after-sex glow, but the radiance of contentment.
Happiness is the wrong word—it sets an outsized goal for itself the way gladness, contentment, and satisfaction simply do not.
Historical Examples
Not contentment, but a lamentation and an ancient tale of wrong!
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
When my uncle left me, it was in more than contentment with my lot.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
His contentment, however, was by no means his whole atmosphere.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
Ambition and Contentment are the night and day of my life-journey.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Through this mist of contentment came Fraser's voice, "That is all!"
The Floating Island of MadnessJason Kirby
Word Origin and History for contentment
n.
mid-15c., from Old French contentment, from contenter (see content (v.)).
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